How Is He Alive?

Daren promised himself that he would not be surprised by the system anymore but the system really does not give him a break.

"Do not even ask. This is not one of my system's functions. It's probably my sister's. I only provide abilities that are geared towards souls and other utilities like the map function but I have no idea bout her's as she never talked about them. "

Celina replied before Daren could even ask a question.

"Damn it! Why is all this shrouded n mystery by the system. Just make my life easier and tell me upfront. I should just call him the Silent Blood System or something." Daren really wanted to hit the system interface but too bad it was not a solid object.

"Just feed it blood and see what happens," Celina said before disconnecting again and going back to streaming.

"A system that feeds on blood,huh. Where did I hear that before?"

Daren pulled up his map and commanded it to make the most discreet and efficient path to all the secret savings of the thieves. It did so with ease and marked a winding, purple path through the backs of money building and the top of some roofs.

There were even some passages that went through sewers. Daren immediately removed those. A 3D path was created and Daren was practically flying through the city while following it.

In half an hour, Daren had cleaned out all the savings of the thieves while avoiding random drunks or homeless people that were blocking his way.

He had to even avoid some city guards who were drinking on the job. Going full circle through this city would take Daren only about 10 minutes but that was because he was a cultivator.

It would take 2 hours if a normal human ran from one city gate to the other in a straight line.

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Money: Human Currency

17 gold

652 silver

7803 bronze

Other Currency (Currently Unknown)

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Daren had obtained what 8, very talented thieves, had gathered during the many long years of their daily effort and hard work in one day. Daren now had the yearly income of decently successful merchant or store owner.

He was not done yet though. His next goal was where the thieves liked to convene. The "Den of Thieves" was the next target.

Daren went back to the Star Bear and picked up the key to his room from Lilith. She had been waiting for him to return and somehow was still able to keep calm under her teenage emotions.

This didn't last for long as she blushed when her hands touched Daren's when passing along the key.

Daren noticed this and promised to himself that he would no longer show his earth-shattering smile towards girls anymore but who knew how long this promise was going to last.

Daren opened the door to his room to find a 50 square meters room with a table and a chair made out of wood at the left wall. The bed was in the middle with a blue bedside table with a candle on top.

There was a door on the right that led to a small bathroom where you could pee or sh*t down a hole.

The map indicated that this was a pipe that ran through the hotel and carried human waste into the city sewers.

Daren was surprised at how complicated the sewer system in the city was. It was definitely closer to the first industrial revolution time period rather than the medieval.

Daren sat on his bed and took sat on his bed while in the meditation pose. He calmly placed his hands on his knees and focused on calling the ice elemental force into his body.

At sunset, he broke out from his trance and realized that he had just barely broken through to Body Strengthening Level 2, Middle Grade. His physical boost was now 5 times that of a peak human.

If Daren had spent the same amount of time he just did at night, he would have gotten to the peak of Level 2. This was due to the abysmally low amount of ice force available during daylight.

It is known that only where the temperature is cool or when the moon has risen is ice force available in good quantities. That meant during the summer, his cultivation would be slow or during the winter, it would be insanely fast.

The opposite was true for people with heat-related elements like fire or light.

Daren went down to the reception and paid Lilith 10 bronze to use the shower on the second floor. He took one really fast while washing the clothes and tossing them into his inventory.

He then took out the crimson outfit and put it on. It was truly comfortable. It was not better than his art like clothes back then but it was good enough.

Daren went down to the restaurant as cultivation did not make you feel full. The use of concentration made you even hungrier than normal.

Rusky was seated at a table with an orange-haired woman that was 173 cm tall. She was being easily shadowed by the 213 cm tall Rusky.

The girl had an angular face with a sharp jaw and bright, glowing skin. her soft, pink lips were something you wanted to touch with the gentlest of taps. Her orange hair, coupled with a light blue dress made her almost breathtaking.

The two were talking about some sort of architecture project that was going on in the city's slums.

They abruptly stopped when they noticed Daren was sitting down with them.

Daren had been listening to their conversation for the past 3 minutes without making a single noise. He made no noise when he arrived and made no noise when sat down.

Rusky and the woman were embarrassed.

"Brother doesn't have to pay attention to me. You can continue your conversation," said Daren as he put a small pout on that handsome face of his.

This made them turn red.

"HAHAHA." Daren laughed obnoxiously to break up the mood. "I'm joking brother. No need to be so embarrassed with me."

Daren's loud laugh was clearly heard in the dining hall as there were not many people here as they just started to get off from work.

Lilith even gave him a strange look from the counter. At least the mood on the table had recovered.

"I'm sorry little Daren but I think you might be at fault here. You didn't tell me that you were a cultivator. How else do explain to be able to just be seated there without making a peep when we were not even talking too seriously." Rusky exclaimed.

"I'm sorry brother but I just did not feel like mentioning it. It's not like you would treat me any different," replied Daren.

"Hahahhah. That's true," said Rusky while giving Daren a big bat on the back with his thick, muscular arms that were like wine barrels.

"By the way brother, whose this?" Daren asked while looking at the beautiful woman seated next to his buddy.

"Little Daren, say hi to my little sister Arlene. She came over from the countryside to visit me. She's been here for about 3 days and will be leaving in 4." said Rusky while making a small and disgusting-looking wink at him.

'Some people want to set me up with their daughters and my friend wants to set me up with his sister.' though Daren. he did not really mind though as his sister did look pretty but what matters was what her personality is.

"Hi there Arlene. I am Daren Frince." He changed his original last name of Utherena to Frince because he hated how it didn't roll off the tongue right.

He took the F from 'frost' and the 'rince' from Prince. He's technically the frost prince in this world with his icy hair and force element.

"Ha. is that supposed to be for frost prince or something." replied Arlene in a mocking tone while giggling. Her voice was mesmerizing. There was a slight deepness to her voice and every word she spoke sounded like a god-like a melody.

If she were to sing, Daren would faint as if he had seen a goddess descending.

Daren was not talking and had no expression on his face. His eyes were empty.

"Oh. Um, I was just kidding. I'm sorry if that hurt you in any way." said Arlene softly. But before she could get to an answer Daren's eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious, dropping his head on the table and smashing it.

Inside Daren's soul sea, there was a blue-haired young man, standing in front of a black-haired man that looked to be in his twenty's.

"You, how are you alive?" said the black-haired man. There was a look of bewilderment on his face.

"I am technically not alive. This is just a part of my soul that you did not devour. I don't know how this happened but after a lot of experimenting, I was able to drag you in here." replied the blue-haired youth

"I will only ask one question then. What is it that you desire from me?"

"I want answers. I want to know why we had to die. Why I had to die by the person I considered my second mother. I don't even want revenge as that isn't your responsibility. I just hope you can find the answers."

"Deal. I will find them for you but don't drag me back here again. since you can see everything anyway. You can talk to me if you want to. " The black-haired man then looked up into the colorful skies and said "Hey Celina can you do something about this?'

"Yeah. I since I live in your soul sea just like he does, I can give him link with which he can talk to you just like I do." replied a sweet, female voice.

"Do that then but cut it off if he abuses it. I can't have someone talking in my head all day."

"I don't have much to talk to you about anyway." The blue hair man then summoned a bed under him and laid down.

The black hair man then disappeared from his own soul sea.